Eva Herrmann: Caricature of Arnold Zweig (circa 1933)
The caricature of Arnold Zweig was likely drawn in the fishing village Sanary-sur-Mer. Zweig was working there on the manuscript of Bilanz der deutschen Judenheit.
Eva Herrmann: caricature of Joseph Roth (circa 1935)
Eva Herrmann and Joseph Roth likely met with each other in Sanary-Sur-Mer and in Paris. In 1935, the young painter visited her sister Thea, her sister’s husband, the painter Wilhelm Thöny, Klaus Mann and the actress Sybille Binder in Paris.
Eva Herrmann: caricature of Lion Feuchtwanger (circa 1934)
Eva Herrmann and Lion Feuchtwanger met one another in July 1933 at a party in William Seabrook’s house in Sanary-sur-Mer. A large bundle of letters and Feuchtwanger's diary give indications of the nature of their intimate relationship.
Eva Herrmann: dust jacket design for Lion Feuchtwanger’s book: Exil (presumably January 1939)
This drawing is from a series of cover designs by the painter Eva Herrmann. The long-time friend of author Lion Feuchtwanger designed the book covers for his novel Exil.
Eva Herrmann: Letter to Johannes R. Becher (19 October 1939)
Written to Conte di SavoiaJohannes R. Becher and the painter Eva Herrmann had become acquainted in 1922 in their hometown of Munich.
Even Today He'd Speak His Mind (documentary film, GDR 1975, excerpt)
About the poet Erich WeinertDirected by Volker Koepp and based on a screenplay by Klaus and Vera Küchenmeister, the 1975 documentary Even Today He'd Speak His Mind was about the poet Erich Weinert.Autobiographical notes and poems together with archival material, documents and interviews show the life, views and work of the poet and his fellow communist activists.
Extension of deadline for departure from Switzerland for Kurt Hirschfeld, 1941
Like other émigrés in Switzerland, dramaturge and director Kurt Hirschfeld had to comply with the strict regulations imposed by the Swiss Federal Aliens Police. He was obliged to renew his residence permit at regular intervals.
Felix Bressart: List of questions to his agent Paul Kohner (9 January 1940)
Actor Felix Bressart, resident in the USA since 1938 and a client of the Paul Kohner Agency, had drawn the winning ticket: a six-year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) which now awaited his signature.
Felix Nussbaum: Mastenwald, painting (1935)
Bidding farewell to Ostende, Belgium, Felix Nussbaum painted the painting Mastenwald. The painter had spent several months in the port city in 1935 before moving on to Brussels.
Felix Nussbaum: Orgelmann, painting (1943)
The last survivor of the catastrophe sits with his back to an apocalyptic urban scene: an organ grinder, the melancholy alter-ego of the painter Felix Nussbaum. He is leaning against the long since silenced organ and looks contemplatively into the emptiness.
